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EJ364521 CE518663
Title: How Do We Improve Programs for Parent Involvement?Author(s): Epstein, Joyce L.
Source: Educational Horizons, v66 n2 p58-59 Win 1988
Publication Date: 1988
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--General (140)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1988
Discusses
practices of several schools in the area of parent involvement.
Five types of involvement are identified: (1) basic parental obligations,
(2) basic school obligations, (3) parent involvement at school,
(4) parent involvement in learning at home, and (5) parent involvement
in governance and advocacy. (CH)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education; *Parent Participation;
Parent Role; *Parent School Relationship; *Program Improvement;
Role of Education; Social Change
